As a statistician, I can get a little obsessed with the numbers. As we lead up to Opening Day on Thursday, I’ll take a look at some of the numbers that stuck out to me for many of the key players on the Reds roster right now.

We focused on the infielders on Monday, so today we’ll look at the outfielders.

Billy Hamilton – 60

Injuries once again limited the number of games that Billy Hamilton played in September last year, but the Reds center fielder returned for the last week of the season. For those who like patterns, it’s a good thing he did.

Hamilton had 58 stolen bases on the season when he went on the disabled list with a fractured thumb on Sept. 7. That matched his career high and the same number he had in 2016.

However, when the speedster returned two weeks later, he was able to steal one more base. That set a new career high and continued his pattern of stealing one more base than the previous season, which he’s done each...